Comments on: Video tutorials & resource page http://www.successfulgardendesign.com Online garden design courses & tuition for homeowners | Learn how to create your dream garden Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Rachel Mathews Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:04:03 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-691 Hi Roy Sorry for delay in replying, I've been away for the last 3 weeks and somehow missed your comment when I checked my emails, think the spam filter ate you! Anyway, definitely not too late to retrain to become a garden designer. You may find that there are adult eduction colleges and resources locally to you. Would be worth doing a Google search to see who is nearest, then go in and meet the tutors and interview students about how good the course is. One of the main drawbacks with a lot of college courses is they have a set timetable they need to fill and can often pad the course material out. So it's important to choose a course that will engage and not bore you. If you are happy to attend virtual classrooms, the best course I know of is run by The Oxford College of Garden Design http://www.garden-design-courses.co.uk/ . It's run by Duncan Heather who did the same teacher training I did in a very extensive training programme on how to run a virtual school and present information in ways that suit adult learners. He really knows his stuff but the course is expensive. Alternatively if you want to dip your toe in and see if garden design is for you, try one of my online courses! Although my courses are aimed at homeowners, what I teach is to a level that is ideal for anyone wanting to do this professionally. I have a course opening back up in November for beginners or very soon they'll be a homestudy course coming out. Hope that helps you, let us know if you take the plunge! Best wishes Rachel Hi Roy

Sorry for delay in replying, I’ve been away for the last 3 weeks and somehow missed your comment when I checked my emails, think the spam filter ate you!

Anyway, definitely not too late to retrain to become a garden designer. You may find that there are adult eduction colleges and resources locally to you. Would be worth doing a Google search to see who is nearest, then go in and meet the tutors and interview students about how good the course is.

One of the main drawbacks with a lot of college courses is they have a set timetable they need to fill and can often pad the course material out. So it’s important to choose a course that will engage and not bore you.

If you are happy to attend virtual classrooms, the best course I know of is run by The Oxford College of Garden Design http://www.garden-design-courses.co.uk/ . It’s run by Duncan Heather who did the same teacher training I did in a very extensive training programme on how to run a virtual school and present information in ways that suit adult learners. He really knows his stuff but the course is expensive.

Alternatively if you want to dip your toe in and see if garden design is for you, try one of my online courses! Although my courses are aimed at homeowners, what I teach is to a level that is ideal for anyone wanting to do this professionally. I have a course opening back up in November for beginners or very soon they’ll be a homestudy course coming out.

Hope that helps you, let us know if you take the plunge!
Best wishes

Rachel

]]> By: Roy http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Roy Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:05:49 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-663 Hello Rachel I am 50 this year and looking to reinvent myself. The one thing I do that does give me pleasure and positive comments from other people is gardening. I have always been good at DIY and enjoy the hardscaping side too. Is it too late to become a garden designer and if not how do I go about it? I would like to end up with a formal qualification perhaps even a degree. Can you give me any pointers? I stumbled across your site via you tube after searching courtyard garden design on yahoo. I appreciate the hard work you have put into your web site, thank you Hello Rachel

I am 50 this year and looking to reinvent myself. The one thing I do that does give me pleasure and positive comments from other people is gardening. I have always been good at DIY and enjoy the hardscaping side too. Is it too late to become a garden designer and if not how do I go about it? I would like to end up with a formal qualification perhaps even a degree. Can you give me any pointers? I stumbled across your site via you tube after searching courtyard garden design on yahoo. I appreciate the hard work you have put into your web site, thank you

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]]> By: Great Time For Gardens? http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Great Time For Gardens? Thu, 06 May 2010 21:50:31 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-506 [...] FREE Video tutorials [...] [...] FREE Video tutorials [...]

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Rachel Mathews Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:56:39 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-491 Thanks for your comment Richard. Glad you are finding the website useful. Have you checked out my other site - http://greatgardenchallenge.com/ yet? You can download a free guide on the 7 Steps to a Great Garden. It will help you further and you can also ask for advice on the forum. Thanks for your comment Richard. Glad you are finding the website useful. Have you checked out my other site – http://greatgardenchallenge.com/ yet? You can download a free guide on the 7 Steps to a Great Garden. It will help you further and you can also ask for advice on the forum.

]]> By: Richard http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Richard Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:49:01 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-490 Hi Rachel, Really loving the designs, especially the advanced contemporary ones..amazing transformations from average gardens to spaces worthy of magazine covers. I am currently trying to design my own garden and I'm taking inspiration from your design styles. I've never really seen my gardens potential as an outdoor room until I came across your website. I'm not a designer, so the instructional videos are a real help too. Hi Rachel,
Really loving the designs, especially the advanced contemporary ones..amazing transformations from average gardens to spaces worthy of magazine covers. I am currently trying to design my own garden and I’m taking inspiration from your design styles. I’ve never really seen my gardens potential as an outdoor room until I came across your website. I’m not a designer, so the instructional videos are a real help too.

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]]> By: Jenny http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Jenny Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:25:31 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-264 I missed this when I went to your website the other day. Excellent. If only I'd had some direction like this when I was designing my garden. I had some very difficult angles to work with and measuring and drawing never entered my head. I did it all by laying out lengths of wood. It worked out OK but this would have been easier. Next time. Thanks for visiting my blog and posting a link. I missed this when I went to your website the other day. Excellent. If only I’d had some direction like this when I was designing my garden. I had some very difficult angles to work with and measuring and drawing never entered my head. I did it all by laying out lengths of wood. It worked out OK but this would have been easier. Next time. Thanks for visiting my blog and posting a link.

]]> By: Patricia McCaig http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Patricia McCaig Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:44:40 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-249 Hi Rachel, Great website and your tutorials make design so easy to follow. I'm another one who bought garden design books and left them to gather dust after being completely overwhelmed. I also love the work you did on your Origin Garden Design, the contemporary ones particularly - what a transformation! If only I could afford to have something wonderful like that done to my garden too... :-( Hi Rachel,
Great website and your tutorials make design so easy to follow. I’m another one who bought garden design books and left them to gather dust after being completely overwhelmed. I also love the work you did on your Origin Garden Design, the contemporary ones particularly – what a transformation! If only I could afford to have something wonderful like that done to my garden too… :-(

]]> By: Rachel Mathews http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/ideas/video-tutorials/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Rachel Mathews Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:18:19 +0000 http://www.successfulgardendesign.com/?page_id=1222#comment-219 Hi Irene, thank you, that's really good to know! Seeing that people are getting benefit from the site, really makes it worthwhile. It can be difficult learning design from books, video definitely makes it easier to explain. Hi Irene, thank you, that’s really good to know!

Seeing that people are getting benefit from the site, really makes it worthwhile. It can be difficult learning design from books, video definitely makes it easier to explain.

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